The sun., 1887-04-03
WAS MRS. WADE MURDERED!
STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES TENDING TO
INCULPATE NIX. UADE

LNCULPATE MR UADE
It is Alleged that he OFTEN had Threatenea
to KIN her-If she shot nerseir she Must
have Taken Pains to Dress Herself FIRST.
The fatal shooting Of Mrs. Ida Wade, tho
wife OF Henry Wade. the steward of tho ship
Canara, on board the vessel. while II was lying
at the foot OF Baltic street, Brooklyn. early on
Friday morning, is regarded by the police au-
thorities "a very mysterious. The husband
was committed to jail yesterday without bail.
pending the result Of the inquest, which will
DO held tomorrow night. Tho autopsy
was held yesterday afternoon. Tho bull
let entered the right temple at the
edge OF tho hair, passed downward
and lodged In tho base OF tho brain. All tho
physicians who examined tho wound agreed
with Dr. Hutchinson In his theory Tint the
absence Of any powder marks from the spot
where tho bullet had entered. and tho fact that
the hair was not singed In the slightest degree.
went to prove that tho woman did not shoot
herself. DR.. Hutchinson, who was the first 10
reach tho vessel In response to Capt. DoSters
summons. and who was ut the woman's side
In loss than nm hour aftcr she shot eherself
III her husbands statement is to bo bclieved).
mentions It as an important fact that the
blood around tho wound and In the hair was
quite dry. He was impressed with the belief at
the time that the shooting must have occurred
three or four hours ut least before this. An.
other significant fact in tho case Is that Mrs.
Wade was dressed when she was. found un.
conscious and dying from tho wound In tho un.
occupied room near that In which she and hel
stockings, hsr dress, and every other article q
cIothinS with the exception OF nor m hat aad
o'clock and that after talking for u short time
alo about their r,pp approaehinH voyage to China n
abe@Spe x ooc whes h was
eithST 5y "a pistol sh9t t. or his fright IN
Or Tf heaS aS inhso the re- s trarnoa MIS-
IishteS lsmp il 6Is hand hi II st started l e lqsE isf
had placed under his pillow by her side, he no-
III = NJ ts Waas % Shot herself she must have got
out Of the bunk from her husbands side.
dssG I ses sons the 70 SoSSE Ss %
turbing him. Capt. Dexter was sleeping within
liz" I " SetMsen M them. h but he S I'D not hear ths
o aesse Sso wn sho %nd
TIVE other members of tho erew rev.. wers
s 5S HS ba
members that the door loading to the room
His son did not return until later and be US
distinctly remembers that the door was par
aer spsrs are s shs opnns a
left lying In The adjoining that Of her
nnH William u !. dement's Of s4 Kent avenue, the
father & q the dead woman woman held g long confer,
Keliett yesterday. He is one Of the oldest hat-
store n Myrtle nyenae He said said; w.a. .non.
one @ told me sft he would Be sure TO make trouble
lent disposition. My daughter has several
hn had to Mh @
aboard; She told me that once. when they were
at sea. he caught her, by the neck and threat.
presence. He depeived her in reference 10 this
Enderstand % that tit Il was w % only going to occupy
couple Of months instead Of nearly two years,
lam Just as confident that ne shot her as ifi had
lad lad some S S' Words. but he finally droppea asleep
My daughter made 9R R her mind 70 sNs leave him
aniesiy % as possibie, and and was Vas about % making her
when he hs Sn% %.s shot hs
sds hm probab Gs e
lying there until he was satisfied that che was
state%ent ns When he aroused the Captain
$40. She gave. it to me. and put 1t in the
bank. Her husband came In one day and de-
to pay his expenses to Philadelphia When she
told him that she had given It to mo he took
doing this when 1 entered the room and do
nounced him as a coward. l can get half q
dozen witnesses who will swear that Wade
has again and again threatened to take my
Augustus Deyere of 407 East Seventy seventh
street, New York, o brother-in-law OF Mrs.
Wade, said:
II know that Ida was opposed. to going on
such a long journey, and that she had some
trouble with her husband about 1t. He and
his wife once lived with me, and my wife and
have heard, him threatening to kill her more